Meat and bone cutting machine.



J. B. FOIGHT & A. M. NEWELL. mm mo sons cunmc MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 9. '9- v 1 161 ,039. Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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I INVENTOI J. B. FOIGH-T & A. M. NEWELL. MEAT-AND BONE CUTTING MACHINE.-

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

' APPLICATION FILED'OCT. I9. (911. 1,161,039.

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JESSE i o. s. emotion .1 iminoi kill) EONE CUTTING MEMJHINE.

Application, filed october 19, 1911.

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. invented certain new rrovei'nents in M ii and of ivhi 1 1 the following 3 for int-c tered the in rho hone the sow con'i tileiiing the out through the meal beneath llie This inven You also includes a oieobsuo porting co e of novel design "for presenting the meal; for cu tting, the supporting top surface of the being adjustable for holding piec s of irregular form in requii hosition. i cdoera g with the carriage is e oi il'llijififlrfi construction for determining the size or width of the out. Also embodied "a e coiue is power driven means which is Holy mounted so that ii; may be roov ;o dili'erent positions for splitting or cutting suspended carcasses.

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In the ilCCOl'iT anying drawings, Figurel is a view in active of die improved machine. Fig. :1 side elevzition carriage being shown in section on 2--2 of Fig. il. 3 is end view partly in section. Fig. ver cl seclioi'i of the riage and voiding Burke-n on line l-l oi. 5 is a iop plan of the carri its top sur face brol: 6 is detai; of o portion of the carriage. Fig. 7 is detail of the carcass cutmig or split-ting portion. of the machine.

Referring to the drawings 2 indicates the frame of the table-like machine supjoori 3 are the legs, and 4: the top which partially covers the frame. from one end of the table are ahe bearing eta/n s 5 in. which is journaled power shaft 6 which may be driven by any suitablesteam, electric or water motor (not shown) through the mespecification of Letters Iatent 'llear the oppon'ie end of the v Paccnted Nov, 23, 1915.

Serial No. 655,586.

table are the stands 8 for bearings 9 which are adjustable vertically by means of screws 9, 9", and rotatable in these hearings is shaft 10 one the end of which is mounted a. saw 11, shaft 10 being connected to power shaft 6 by belt 12.

Arranged advance of and parallel with shaft 19 is shaft 13 which carries a circular knife 14, shaft being rotatable in frame 15, the latter being mounted at 16 to swing verlically on power shaft 6, belt gearing 17 connecting shafts G and 13.- Supported by the hearing stands 5 and 8 are the longitudinol uprights i8, 18, part 18 supporting shaft 13 at notch 18'', Fig. 2, when the shaft in lowered position. Shaft 13 is adapted to raise when knife l l encounters a bonein the cutting operation, as will presently be described, and to facilitate this upward movemenr frame 15 is connected by link 19 with lever 20 carrying the adjustable counterweight 21, the lever being fulcrumed on upright 22 rising from the table.

Parallel tracks 23 on top of the table-like mine support the carriage frame 24 provided with track rollers 25, the carriage being moved by hand toward and from they knife and saw, the carriage having a slot 26 in its L010 surface through which the knife and saw are adapted to operate.

The meat-supporting top surface 27 of the carriage is hinged at 27 to swing vertica-lly as may be required for properly supporting pieces of irregular shape, the top being held at the desired angle by means of rocks 28 at ils under surface which are engo by dogs 29, the latter carried by shaft 30 which is operated by crank 30 projected from one end of thecarriage. Rollers 31 in surface 27 facilitate the movement of the meat. The carriage frame projects in- Wardly beyond the line of the knife and saw as indicated at 32, said. portion providing a support for the severed meat. c

To determine the width or thickness of the cut, a gage plate 33 is secured to stem slidable through uprights 18, 18, and

be held in desired position by any suit-. able means, for instance a cam 34'. The plate is thus adjustable toward and from slot, 26, and having been fixed to determine the thickness of the out the meat resting on the carriage is placed against the gage and may be so held by a series of spurs or; pointed pins 35 adapted to be projected upwardly through openings in the carriage, "these pins being supported by bar 36 which is fulcrumed on the dog-carrying shaft 30, the extremity of bar 36 being engaged by the Vertically movable arm 37 which projects from the end of the carriage andwhich may be held by spring 37 either raised or lowered. As gage 33 does not advance with the carriage, it is quite out of the way when the meat is being cut, so that the portion out 01f may drop onto carriage part 32.

The piece to be out having been properly positioned on the carriage, the latter is moved forward into the path of the rotating knife 14 and the cut is made very quickly. If a bone is encountered, as for instance when cutting steak, the movable support for the knife permits the latter to be automatically and bodily deflected so that it.will ride up over the bone, and further movement of the carriage presents the bone after it has passed away from the knife, to the saw 11 which saw cuts the bone and completes the cut, severing any meat that may be beneath the bone. Cuts of various kinds are thus quickly ma'de and the work is done far more accurately than by hand, and at a great saving of labor. Y

The machine is also adapted for splitting or cutting carcasses that may be suspended or otherwise supported adjacent the machine by any suitable means, not shown. For this purpose a frame 40 is mounted at one end to turn on power shaft 6, and at the free end of the frame is shaft 41 connected by a belt 42 with the power shaft. Mounted to turn on shaft 41 is the extension frame 43 carrying at its free end shaft 44 on which is mounted a shaft 45 driven by belt 46 "from shaft 41. Frame 43 may be'conveniently manipulated by handle 47. The extension frame 43 may be held relatively to frame 40 in the position shown in Fig. 1 by stop 43.

To facilitate raising and lowering frame 40 the counterweightcd line 48 may extend therefrom over sheave 4!) on upright 22, I 50 designating the coimterweight at the extremity of the line. lhis mechanism in no way interferes with the cutting and sawing mechanism with which the carriage cooperates, andis always ready for use and may be conveniently manipulated for such cutting and splitting operations as may be carried on without placing the pieces to be cut on the carriage.

We claim 1. In a meat and bone cutting machine, the combination of a knife mounted on a movable support, a saw having fixed position, knife and saw actuating means, and a meat supporting carriage movable relatively'to' theknife and itUV with the movahlv supported knife in advance of the saw with the pins and adapted to be deflected by a bone and clear the same.

In a meat and bone cutting machine, the combination. of a vertically movable power-driven shaft, a knife mounted on the shaft, a second power-driven shaft having fixed position adjacent the first mentioned shaft, a saw mounted on the second shaft,

and a .meat support movable relatively to the knife and saw and adapted to present the meat first to the knife and then to the saw. v

3. In a. 'meat and bone cutting machine, the combination of two shafts-one shaft capable of vertical movement and the other" shaft fixed against such movement, a knife mounted on the vertically movable shaft, a saw mounted on the fixed shaft, a power shaft, operating means connecting the latter with the knife and saw-carrying shafts, anill means for presenting meat to the knife ann saw.

4. In a meat and bone cutting maehin the combination of a frame mounted l swing vertically, a knife mounted on tl e' frame adapted to be automatically shifte during its cutting operation, by the hon counterweight means for assisting the fraxiige in moving upwardly, and means for p1"; senting meat to the knife. I

In a meat and bone cutting machi e, the combination of cutting means, a melt supporting carriage movable relativ y thereto, and meat-engaging pins movalle through the bottom of the support.

6. In a meat and'bone cutting marhiille, the combination of a cutter, a supporti, g carriage-movable toward and from the ',',it-

'ter and means for maintainin the meat 7 a supporting surface of the carriage in different angular positions.

7. In a meat and bone cutting machine, the combination of'cutting means, a idea supporting carriage movable relati el v thereto, and a gage supported indepemlentlyl of said carriage and extending over {the same and adjustable at right angles to thei direction of the movement of the. carriagi.

8. In a meat and bone cutting machine, the combination of cutting means consisting of a rotatable knife and a rotatable saw having their cutting edges in alinement with each other in the direction of travel ti l 5 of a carriage, and a meat supporting car riage movable toward and from thecutting means, the car iage having portions at opposite sides of the line of cutting to support the meat being out andthe severed part, the support for the severed part being inclined from the cutting means. i

9. ln a-meat and bone. cutting machine, the combination of cutting means, a carriagle movable relatively thereto and having a slot in'its to surface. through which the cutting means travels, meat-engaging being also mounted for bodily movemeii and wluch bodily movement is automaticontrolled by the meat being cut, and

5 iperen at of tlleeaeter is automatic, and aduuzna means for cutting the bone in the mea 24. In a meat and bone cutting machine,

meat support and meat cutter, said cutter being counterbalanced and mounted for lJOLll y niovenlentjn an upright plane and adapted to be aiitoiiitttlcally moved in such plane by a bone in the meat, ai i'cl means go operating with the cutter for cutting t bone. 4

26. In a meat and bone cutting machine, the combination of a relatively movable, meat supportand meat cutter, said cutter being counterbalanced and mounted for bodily movement in an upright plane and plane by a bone in the meat, and means 00- operatingwlth the cutter for; cutting the bone, the last said means and the meat sup= port being also relatively movable.

27. In it m at and bone cutting. machine, the combination of it relativel movable meat support. and meat cutter, said cutter being coun terbalanced and mounted for both ..ily movement in an upright plane and adapted to be automatically moved in such plane by a bone in the meat, and means co operating with the cutter for cutting the bone, the last said means and the meat e111 port bein also relatively movable, and said cutter and bone cutting means having a fixed relation with each others.

28. In a meat and. bone cutting machine,

the combination of a counterbalanced rotary iil'e'at cutter mounted for free movement in an upright plane-and adapted to the meat'being cutjano tobc bodily deflected by the bone in the meat, a meatholde said cutter and holder being capable-of relative movement wherebythe cuttiitiid the meal will bepresented in cuttin rotary saw for'cuttin thel:

29. In a meat and one cutting mach ne,

the combination of acounterbalancedfrotary meat cutter mounted for free movement 111-. an uprlght plane and adapted to be "com.

trolled in the last said movement;

by the meat being cut/and to be .4 ficctcd by the bone'inathe meat, d 'meat holder, said cutter and bolder being capable iililtldii t6 Wliih meat the bodily,

adapted to be automatically moved in such,

be, trolled in the last said movement entirely by el'afi and a meat, said support and knife tary meat cutter mounted for free movement in an upright plane and adapted to be controlled in the lastsaid movement entirely by In a meat and bone cutting machine, the combination of a counterbalanced rothe meat being cut and to beebodily deflected I by the bone in the meat, a meat holder, said cutter and holder being capable of relative movement whereby the cutter and the meat Will be presented in cutting relation, and'u loan-y shit for cutting the bone, said cutter and saw being mounted independently of each other and having a fixed relationto each .other.

.31. Ina meat and bone cutting machine, the combination of a rotatable knife mounted for vertical movement, said vertical movement being automatic and entirely coil troll d by. the mat. a saw, knife and saw actuating means, and a meat supporting carriage, 'said knife and saw, and the said carriage being relatively nlovablo for causing.

the knife and saw to operate upon the meat successively.

32. In a meat and bone cutting mach-me,

the combination of a rotatable knife, means whereby the knife will be automatically deflected by the bone in the meat, a support for the meat, said support and knife being rela tively movable, and a "saw for cutting the bone, said saw being fixed against bodily operating movement.

, In a meat and bone cutting machine,

the combination of a rotatable knife, meansw hereby the knife will be automatically defiected by the bone in the meat, and counterbalanc'ing means for the knife.

34. In a meat and bone cutting lllll(lllll(.

the. combination of a rotatable. knife. means u'hereby'the knife will be automatically delimited by the bone in the meat, and adjustable counter-balancing means for the knife.

the combination of a rotatable knife. means whereby the knife will be automatically dcflccted by the bone in the meat. :1 support for the meat, said support and knife being relatively movable, and a gage cooperating with the su iport.

36. n a meat and bone cutting machine, the-combination of a knife. a sup ort for the eing relatively movable. and an adjustable gage extendingover the support, said support being movable relatively to the gage.-

37. In a meat and bone cutting machme, the combination of a knife, a support for the meat, said support and knife being rela- 85. In a meat and bone cut-ting m iL ilmemes 5 riecl, and holding means carried by the support and adapted to be pro]e cted and retracted with respect to the support into and out of engagement with the meat.

38. A meat and bone cutting machine embodying a rotatable knife, means for positively rotating said knife, a support for the meat movable relative to said knifein position to cut a slice of uniform thickness from said meat, and means whereby the knife will be automatically deflected by the bone in the meat. 7

3!). -L meat and bone cutting machine embodying a rotatable knife, means for positively rotating said knilea carriage for the meat, a support for said carriage, aid carriage being movable on said support in position to cause said knife to cut a slice of uniform thickness from said articles, and means whereby the movement of the earriage relative to said knife will cause the knife to be automatically deflected by th bone in the meat. 7

e10. 'l'he combination with a knife cutting element of a saw cutting element cooperating therewith and a meat support, said cutting elements being capable of an independent relative bodily movement in a direction toward and from the plane of the meat support and arranged to operate successively in the same kerf, the saw operating after the knife. v

all. The combination with a rotary knife cutting element having its axis of rotation confined substantially to a stationary plane of a holder cooperating therewith and movable in a straight line transversely to said plane, said holder and cutting element being so arranged to provide an automatic bodily movement relative to the line of movement of said holder.

Lin testimony whereof \ve afiix our signatures in presence of tvvo Witnesses.

JESSE B. FOIGHT. .ATWOOD M. NElVELL. at itnesses Jinan Sunnis, Louis Erzneii'in'inns. 

